Laptop advice please

[hughjayteens]

My 18 month old Compaq Evo N610c laptop has met an untimely death so I need to find a suitable replacement.

This is the spec of it www.pcwb.com/servlets/Catalogue?item_code=HPNB0123&shop=PCWBD&speedtrapid=froogle&lead=froogle

Budget will be £1000-£1500 and I would like a maximum of 14" screen, DVDRW, 60GB min HDD and 512MB min RAM.
Firewire would be nice, but the main feature has to be lightweight as the n610c was pretty heavy and I hate lugging it around.

I used to have an old Compaq HP Armada M300 which was great as the CD base was removable which left a very lightweight device.

I am happy to have an external optical drive if that helps.

Any recommendations?

>> Edited by hughjayteens on Thursday 4th August 21:34

[_dobbo_]

IBM Thinkpad X40 is the daddy of the ultra portable range.

[bga]

_dobbo_ said:

IBM Thinkpad X40 is the daddy of the ultra portable range.

Good piece of kit & the difference between the X range and the heavyweight T range is much less than the price suggests

[tycho]

Acer do some nice kit too, quite stylish.

[bga]

tycho said:

Acer do some nice kit too, quite stylish.

just avoid the Ferrari ones unless you want to look like a gimp